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Cynodon plectostachyus

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID64402f8431e20959912718
Scientific name Cynodon plectostachyus
Authority (K.Schum.) Pilg.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 82 (1907)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cynodon plectostachyus var. ruspolianus (Chiov.) Chiov. Webbia 8: 111. 1951
Cynodon ruspolianus Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 70 (1897)
Leptochloa plectostachya K.Schum. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 112 (1895)

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Language Common/alternative name
English stargrass
Afrikaans reusestergras
Arabic نجيل مضفر السنابل
Chinese 星草

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
    • Central America
      • Honduras
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000861260
USDA Plants CYPL2
Tropicos 25511810
INPN 446286
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:397115-1
The Plant List kew-406415
Open Tree Of Life 422936
Observations.org 377427
NCBI Taxonomy 751635
Nature Serve 2.142557
IPNI 397115-1
iNaturalist 161405
GBIF 5289798
EPPO CYNPL
EOL 1114873
Elurikkus 505383
Calflora (Californian flora) 2571
USDA GRIN 12857
Wikipedia Cynodon_plectostachyus

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Scientific Literature Top

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Genome-wide association study for growth traits in Blanco Orejinegro and Romosinuano cattle Bejarano DH, Martínez RA, Rocha JF Trop Anim Health Prod 17-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10581918
doi:10.1007/s11250-023-03743-9
PMID:37848724
Association of the MC4R gene with growth traits and meat quality in Colombian hair sheep Hernández-Herrera DY, Carrillo-González DF, Rincón-Flórez JC J Adv Vet Anim Res 24-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10636090
doi:10.5455/javar.2023.j698
PMID:37969798
Impacts of soil conservation techniques on soil erodibility on an Alfisol Ojo AO, Nwosu NJ, Oshunsanya SO, Ayantayo – Ojo VI, Aladele SE Heliyon 16-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9976302
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13768
PMID:36873544
An On-Station Analysis of Factors Affecting Growth Traits of Pure Red Maasai and Dorper Sheep Breeds under an Extensive Production System Wanjala G, Kichamu N, Cziszter LT, Astuti PK, Kusza S Animals (Basel) 15-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9855181
doi:10.3390/ani13020300
PMID:36670840
Foliage of Tropical Trees and Shrubs and Their Secondary Metabolites Modify In Vitro Ruminal Fermentation, Methane and Gas Production without a Tight Correlation with the Microbiota Ángeles-Mayorga Y, Cen-Cen ER, Crosby-Galván MM, Ramírez-Bribiesca JE, Candelaria-Martínez B, Sánchez-Villarreal A, Ramírez-Mella M Animals (Basel) 30-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9559637
doi:10.3390/ani12192628
PMID:36230369
Influence of Different Heat-Stress-Reducing Systems on Physiological and Behavioral Responses and Social Dominance of Holstein and Jersey Cows and Heifers on Pasture Guimarães-Yamada KL, dos Santos GT, Osório JA, Sippert MR, Figueiredo-Paludo M, da Silva BG, Damasceno JC, Benchaar C Animals (Basel) 07-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9495097
doi:10.3390/ani12182318
PMID:36139178
Connecting nutritional facts with the traditional ranking of ethnobotanically used fodder grasses by local farmers in Central Punjab of Pakistan Harun N, Chaudhry AS, Shaheen S, Ahmad M, Sahan Z, Bashir H Sci Rep 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9296496
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-15937-6
PMID:35853918
Crop Species Mechanisms and Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Forage Cropping Systems in Salt-Affected Arid Regions Ashilenje DS, Amombo E, Hirich A, Kouisni L, Devkota KP, El Mouttaqi A, Nilahyane A Front Plant Sci 24-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9171386
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.899926
PMID:35685006
Indicators of immunosuppression peripartum in dual purpose cows in the tropics affected health, productive and reproductive parameters Lammoglia MÁ, Avalos I, Cabrera A, Rojas MR, Garcez N, Tabarez A Anim Reprod 07-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8786274
doi:10.1590/1984-3143-AR2021-0040
PMID:35096150
Insulin resistance indexes of grazing cows and mineral or vitamin supplementation under tropical conditions Alegría KG, Gaona RC, Terranova MV, Hernández EA Open Vet J 02-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8770180
doi:10.5455/OVJ.2021.v11.i4.8
PMID:35070853
Dual-Purpose Water Buffalo Production Systems in Tropical Latin America: Bases for a Sustainable Model Bertoni A, Álvarez-Macías A, Mota-Rojas D, Dávalos JL, Minervino AH Animals (Basel) 08-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8533014
doi:10.3390/ani11102910
PMID:34679931
Naïve plant communities and individuals may initially suffer in the face of reintroduced megafauna: An experimental exploration of rewilding from an African savanna rangeland Young TP, Kimuyu DM, Odadi WO, Wells HB, Wolf AA PLoS One 06-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8023473
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248855
PMID:33822786
Nutritional Quality, Voluntary Intake and Enteric Methane Emissions of Diets Based on Novel Cayman Grass and Its Associations With Two Leucaena Shrub Legumes Gaviria-Uribe X, Bolivar DM, Rosenstock TS, Molina-Botero IC, Chirinda N, Barahona R, Arango J Front Vet Sci 20-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7606858
doi:10.3389/fvets.2020.579189
PMID:33195587
Checklist of the grasses of India Kellogg EA, Abbott JR, Bawa KS, Gandhi KN, Kailash BR, Ganeshaiah KN, Shrestha UB, Raven P PhytoKeys 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC10311516
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.163.38393
PMID:37397271
Increase in Milk Yield from Cows through Improvement of Forage Production Using the N2-Fixing Legume Leucaena leucocephala in a Silvopastoral System Sarabia-Salgado L, Solorio-Sánchez F, Ramírez-Avilés L, Rodrigues Alves BJ, Ku-Vera J, Aguilar-Pérez C, Urquiaga S, Boddey RM Animals (Basel) 23-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7222761
doi:10.3390/ani10040734
PMID:32340205

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